THE AFRICAN HISTORY YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT

 Right now it’s no longer news that the Africans are the new center of attention in the world due to their various mysteries and innovations. Let’s date back from the pre-colonial, colonial and post- colonial times. Who would have believed that Africans could gain independence and become one of the achievers, prestigious and shakers of our present world? Africa lives forever……. The African History is something which the Africans hold dear to their memories, so many battles, so much sorrow, so much despair, all almost breaking their spirit but they never gave up because among them were some great men and women who were activist and led the fight against colonialism and injustice bringing about African Countries Independence. The likes of ‘Nelson Mandela  –South Africa’, ‘Fela Anikulapo Ransome Kuti  –Nigeria’, ‘Herbert Macaulay –Nigeria’, etc.

I am going to show you the African countries, independence date and their colonial rulers. What a history!!!

NOTE: The only two African Countries that were never colonized are Ethiopia and Libya.

COUNTRIES	INDEPENDENCE DATE	COLONIAL RULERS
1.       Algeria	July 5th, 1962	France
2.       Angola	November 11th, 1975	Portugal
3.       Benin	August 1st, 1960	France
4.       Botswana	September 30th, 1966	Britain
5.       Burkina Faso	August 5th, 1960	France
6.       Burundi	July 1st, 1962	Belgium
7.       Cameroon	January 1st, 1960	French administered UN Trusteeship
8.       Cape Verde	July 5th, 1975	Portugal
9.       C.A.R	August 13th, 1960	France
10.   Chad	August 11th, 1960	France
11.   Comoros	July 6th, 1975	France
12.   Congo	August 15th, 1960	France
13.   Congo DR	June 30th, 1960	Belgium
14.   Cote d’Ivoire	August 7th, 1960	France
15.   Djibouti	June 27th, 1977	France
16.   Egypt	February 28th, 1922	Britain
17.   Eq. Guinea	October 12th, 1968	Spain
18.   Eritrea	May 24th, 1993	Ethiopia
19.   Ethiopia	Over 2000 years, never colonized	----------
20.   Gabon	August 17th, 1960	France
21.   Gambia	February 18th, 1965	Britain
22.   Ghana	March 6th, 1957	Britain
23.   Guinea	October 2nd, 1958	France
24.   Guinea Bissau	September 24th, 1973	Portugal
25.   Kenya	December 12th, 1963	Britain
26.   Lesotho	October 4th, 1966	Britain
27.   Liberia	July 26th, 1847	American Colonization Society (ACS)
28.   Libya	December 24th, 1951	Italy
29.   Madagascar	June 26th, 1960	France
30.   Malawi	July 6th, 1964	Britain
31.   Mali	September 22nd, 1960	France
32.   Mauritania	November 28th, 1960	France
33.   Mauritius	March 12th, 1968	Britain
34.   Morocco	March 2nd, 1956	France
35.   Mozambique	June 25th, 1975	Portugal
36.   Namibia	March 21st, 1990	South African Mandate
37.   Niger	August 3rd, 1960	France
38.   Nigeria	October 1st, 1960	Britain
39.   Rwanda	July 1st, 1962	Belgium administered UN Trusteeship
40.   Sao Tome Principe	July 12th, 1975	Portugal
41.   Senegal	April 4th, 1960	France
42.   Seychelles	June 29th, 1976	Britain
43.   Sierra Leone	April 27th, 1961	Britain
44.   Somalia	July 1st, 1960	Britain, Italy
45.   South Africa	11 December 1931(apartheid) April 1994(end of apartheid)	Britain
46.   Sudan	January 1st, 1956	Egypt, Britain
47.   Swaziland	September 6th, 1968	Britain
48.   Tanzania	April 26th, 1964	Britain
49.   Togo	April 27th, 1960	French administered  UN Trusteeship
50.   Tunisia	March 20th, 1956	France
51.   Uganda	October 9th, 1962	Britain
52.   Zambia	October 24th, 1964	Britain
53.   Zimbabwe	April 18th, 1980	Britain

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THE MYSTERY SURROUNDING THE NIGERIAN LITERATURE . . .

Nigeria has produced a number of important writers, who have won accolades for their work, including Daniel O. Fagunwa, Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Femi Osofisan, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Cyprian Ekwensi, Buchi Emecheta, Elechi Amadi and Ben Okri.

  Nowadays, the fact that everyone is trying to write up something one way or the other is not a new news because the social media has now made it almost a necessary thing, there are lots and lots of reasons/intentions for various write-ups from either bloggers, to Facebook pagers, to E-jobs application, etc. This is gradually improving the NIGERIAN LITERATURE, where we have the young ones already into researching and building up vocabularies at a tender age which is quite really great!! This will certainly result into having a large number of writers in the society thereby the literary productivity becomes greater. Isn’t this such a good thing to behold?

Well, the problem is, only few out of the many sends out positive messages and information to the society. They are now into things which have now become un-supportive to the development of the society/ economy and are unable to impart knowledge thereby unable to positively alter the state of our economy.

So, today we’ll be looking at someone who has impacted the history of the Nigeria positively and made a mark in NIGERIAN LITERATURE field and in Africa at large. She is counted as a role model among her pairs and colleagues, touching and reaching people’s heart and soul with magnificent and wonderful way of expression through writing.

She is the author of three books and winner of numerous international prizes for her unique writing. She is no other than our lovely CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE, her ever first novel was ‘Purple Hibiscus’ published in Nigeria in 2006. Then her other works followed; ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ and ‘The Thing around Your Neck’.  

Purple Hibiscus, her most recognized work all over the nation which became the ‘Winner of The Commonwealth Writer’s Prize’. An outstanding masterpiece of work from our lovely CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE which is definitely a book you’ll surely return to again and again; each reading draws you deeper into the vast treasures of Purple Hibiscus.

A touching and heart-rending story, told with an extraordinary self-confidence that is rare in debut novel… Purple Hibiscus captures for us the traumatic moments of a wealthy Nigerian family as it gradually breaks up , mined tragically, on the hand, by the cruel abuses of a father turned callous by an inexorable, fanatic brand of Catholicism, and on the other, by the familiar brutalities of the murderous military regimes of our recent past…

The victims survives however, rescued by the love that blinds the children to their mother, and the mother to her children.

Thus this would seem to make Chimamanda a gentler and perhaps more tender kin sister of Buchi Emecheta. But in fact it is the master, Chinua Achebe himself, which she echoes more acutely by her delicate manipulation of syntax and trope, her control of irony and suspense and her mastery of those subtle details that build and heighten effect.

Her heroine, Kambili, may be shy and submissive but her reticence is the author’s deliberate ploy to amplify her power of observation, sharpen her eye for detail and description and empower her with a prose so fine and so distilled that it intensifies her eloquence and makes the pain even more incandescent.

Nigerian Literature is full of many oaks, and some of them still foggy and unclear of their real message but it is refreshing to find a new voice bursting out at last, to proclaim a new dawn, like-well, a Purple Hibiscus… Yes, so we use this medium to express our concern and appreciation towards the few Nigerian writers who took their time one way or the other to bring a reliable, resourceful and something worth reading. Thank You!!

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All Africa Music Awards African music stars to gather in Lagos this weekend

The 2016 All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA is set to hold on Sunday November 6, 2016 at the Eko Convention Centre, Eko Hotels Suites, Victoria Island.

 African music legends including Manu Dibango, King Sunny Ade and late Papa Wemba, will be honoured at this years edition.

In partnership with the African Union Commission, AUC, and the support of the Official Host City, Lagos State,AFRIMA 2016grand awards ceremony is preceded by The AFRIMA Music Village on Friday November 4, 2016, a non-stop music concert with over 40 African artistes performing live at the Waterfront, Bar Beach, Victoria Island, Lagos in Nigeria. Thousands of guests expected in Lagos for the various events.https://www.facebook.com/DELLZEAN/

Wizkid nominee for Best African Act 2016

 Tagged AFRIMA 3.0, the prestigious awards night will host over 352 African superstars including Kiss Daniel (Nigeria); Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania); Brymo (Nigeria); Wax Dey (Cameroon); Seyi Shay (Nigeria); Fally Ipupa (DRC), YemiAlade (Nigeria); Victoria Kimani (Kenya); Tiwa Savage (Nigeria); Aramide (Nigeria); Niniola (Nigeria); YCee (Nigeria); TJAN (Nigeria) and Flavour (Nigeria); multiple award-winning South African choral group, Soweto Choir among others.

This African musicstars will come together to perform live on stage in honour of Manu Dibango, King Sunny Ade and late Papa Wemba, three of Africa’s renowned music legends.

Speaking about the purpose of the tribute, President and Executive Producer, AFRIMA, Mr. Mike Dada said: “Contemporary African stars will be pledging their loyalty to these grassroot legends of African music to show the beauty of their music through outstanding performances on stage during the AFRIMA awards. It is also a means of showing the younger generation that they can connect to music made by older generations of artistes and use this to unite the world through music.”

Mr. Dada described these three music icons as the ‘voices of African music and the epitome of Africanness’